Francesco Capuano Di Manfredonia

Francesco Capuano Di Manfredonia (flourished 15th century) was an Italian astronomer, professor, and member of the clergy. Up until the 1880s (at the earliest) there was not a lot known about Capuano, and the little that was known was derived directly from his printed works.

Capuano was born in Manfredonia, Italy, likely in the first half of the fifteenth century. He was known for being a mathematician. He also published works as professor of physical and mathematical sciences and astronomy at Padua, Republic of Venice, where he produced a commentary on Georg von Peuerbach's Theoricae planetarium in August of 1495. This commentary was dedicated to Ferdinand II of Naples. He wrote an influential commentary on the work Tractatus de Sphaera by Johannes de Sacrobosco, which was printed in late 1499 in Venice, Italy.

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